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The Boston Mineral Club (BMC) was founded in 1936 to "promote the study and collecting of rocks and minerals, to encourage friendly cooperation among mineralogists and collectors, [and] to promote the study of mineralogy and related arts and sciences coming within the purview of earth sciences..." In the pursuit of these goals, the BMC offers educational programs at club meetings, mineral collecting field trips, a newsletter, and access to our mineralogical reference library.

The Boston Mineral Club is a member of the American Federation of Mineral Societies and the Eastern Federation of Mineral and Lapidary Societies.

You do not need a college degree in earth sciences to join the club! We are open to all. We welcome and encourage new members to join the club. BMC Application

The February newsletter is available in the member's area

Next Boston Mineral Club Meeting: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Meeting: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Minerals of the Manhan Mine in Easthampton, Massachusetts by Dana Krueger

Long time club member Dana Krueger will present a talk on the minerals of the Manhan River Mine in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Sometimes called the “Loudville” mine after the name of a nearby village, the locality was worked for lead and silver in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the dumps are still accessible to collectors today. Collectible minerals include wulfenite and pyromorphite in thumbnail to hand specimens, as well as numerous other secondary minerals as micros to thumbnails. Photos will be shown of most of the known minerals from the locality, taken of specimens from Dana’s own collection and that of Harvard University...Read More


Picture tour of the 2009 BMC Bay of Fundy trip

Results from 2009 Specimen Competition HERE

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September at the
Palermo #1 Mine

 


November trip to Aggregate
Ind. Quarry in Wrentham, MA


Penfield Quarry Fluorite

PLEASE NOTE: Please park in the underground parking garage at 52 Oxford Street. The entrance to this lot is just opposite Everett Street and is the same entrance that we formerly used to park in the old surface lot beside the museum. Please see the map at the bottom of the meetings page.
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